Education - Higher

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics of Care in Transformative Leadership in Higher Education explores how the use of different ethic of care lenses can be used to nurture and sustain relationships within, between and beyond humans as part of the role and responsibilities of...

Elmhurst College is a comprehensive tribute to one of the United States' oldest colleges. The book provides a detailed history of the college, including its founding, development, and current state. With stunning photography and insightful writing, this book is a must-read for anyone interested...

This book explores how college students address life challenges and develop the self-authoring capacities needed to deal with the ambiguities and complexities of life after graduation.Author: Patricia M. King, Rosemary J. Perez, James P. BarberISBN-10: 1642670979ISBN-13: 9781642670974Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/24/2024Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.00h...

Founded in 1833, Kalamazoo College has a rich and distinguished history. In this comprehensive account, Samuel Haskell offers a detailed and engaging look at the people, events, and ideas that have shaped this institution over the past two centuries. With insightful commentary and a...

This open access handbook offers a unique and unprecedented global comparative account of student politics and representation in higher education. It provides a systematic and structured range of specially commissioned chapters reflecting on the history, contemporary practices and current debates on student political agency...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, public administration (PA) departments have been established, primarily in the USA and later in other Western countries, and education in the field of public administration has been provided in these departments. As the field of public administration...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, universities around the globe have taken numerous extraordinary measures and implemented many changes to their strategic, operational, and academic activities. Currently, there is a transformation taking place from the emergency decision-making in the early stages of the pandemic...

"This book explores curriculum development, instructional design, and pedagogies of engineering management learning initiatives"--Author: Despo KtoridouISBN-10: 1799854981ISBN-13: 9781799854982Publisher: Business Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2020Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.47d

A 2020 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award winner The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, while becoming central to the effort to privatize public schools. However, it and similar reform efforts have...

This volume, however, is not primarily concerned with what students should learn, nor even how they should learn. Rather it concerns how we can discover the best means and conditions for teaching them in school, at home, and in society. Expressed more explicitly, we...

WINNER OF AERA'S NARRATIVE & RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 2003 BOOK AWARD. This groundbreaking book extends Marcia Baxter Magolda's renowned longitudinal study and follows her participants' lives from their graduation to their early thirties.Author: Marcia B. Baxter MagoldaISBN-10: 1579220916ISBN-13: 9781579220914Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2004Pages: 356Format:...

Oxford University is probably the best-known university on the planet. It is certainly the oldest in the English speaking world. Even though the United Kingdom is no longer the major power it once was, the University of Oxford remains in the top group of...

Froebel's Letters On The Kindergarten is a book written by Hermann Poesche in 1891. The book is a collection of letters written by Friedrich Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten system of education, to various individuals and groups. These letters provide insight into Froebel's...

""A High School Course In Wood Pattern Making"" is a book written by Joseph Henry Wilson and first published in 1916. The book is a comprehensive guide to wood pattern making, a craft used in the manufacturing of metal castings. The book is intended...

This updated edition of a beloved classic explores the often unspoken nuances of life in and beyond grad school. Author: David E. Drew, Sue S. Feldman, Paul GrayISBN-10: 1032581727ISBN-13: 9781032581729Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2024Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Technology promises to make learning better, cheaper, faster--but rarely has it kept that promise. The allure of educational technology is easy to understand. Classroom instruction is an expensive and time-consuming process fraught with contradictory theories and frustratingly uneven results. Educators, inspired by machines' contributions...

How a new class-based approach to college admissions can produce economic and racial diversity alike-- and greater fairness. For decades America's colleges and universities have been working to increase racial diversity. But they have been using the wrong approach, as Richard Kahlenberg persuasively shows...

Author: Bronwyn Chorlton, John GalesISBN-10: 3031654447ISBN-13: 9783031654442Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2024Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Health Extension: Community-Based Healthcare and the Future of Cooperative Extension explores innovation in extension health programs, engaged scholarship promoting research-based information in communities, and the evaluation and documentation of community programs and their impacts. This volume provides land-grant and university-based colleagues up-to-date information on...

What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students? Is it only about getting a job? How can we measure the quality of an undergraduate degree? Paul Ashwin shows how, around the world, economic arguments have come to dominate our thinking...

Is a renaissance of teaching and learning in higher education possible? One may already be underway.The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed how colleges and universities manage teaching and learning. Recentering Learning unpacks the wide-reaching implications of disruptions such as the pandemic on higher education.Editors Maggie...

This book seeks to disrupt the narrative about the process of academic writing and the written products which are currently valued in the university. The author uses writing as both a subject and a method of enquiry in an ethnographic deep dive into her...

Author: Inbanathan NaickerISBN-10: 9819764211ISBN-13: 9789819764211Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2024Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.14w x 0.35d

"I consider the author to be an all-round contributor to the field of mathematics, and this book is one of many testaments to this." - Peter Borg, mathematics professor at the University of Malta. Dr Alexander Farrugia first started answering questions related to mathematics...

This edited volume powerfully captures autoethnographies of international doctoral students in the U.S. and unravels a plethora of their experiences that oscillate between challenges and triumphs of navigating in-betweenness in their unique journeys. The concepts of border-crossing and in-betweenness encapsulate more than just a...

This book examines a wide range of topics within quality assurance at universities in order to present a conceptual, historical, and thematic mapping of academic and practical perspectives. As we navigate the complex tapestry of the twenty-first century, where change is constant, the global...

Evaluative Practice in Learning, Design, and Technology provides learning, design, and technology stakeholders with comprehensive resources intended to support their engagement in evaluative activities. Author: Lauren M. Bagdy, Jill E. StefaniakISBN-10: 1032701285ISBN-13: 9781032701288Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2024Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

A radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice.Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities, higher education can play a powerful role in addressing the intersecting crises facing humanity. Institutions of higher education hold untapped potential to advance social justice...

The history of the Ohio State University is a fascinating story of growth and development, from its humble origins as a small agricultural college to its modern status as a leading research institution. This book provides an in-depth look at the key figures and...

This volume explores the numerous and competing demands that face America's public research universities and considers how institutions and their leaders can best navigate this challenge to ensure longevity, relevance, and success on the local, national, and global stage. Today's public research universities have...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book explores how design thinking can transform higher education, with solutions ranging from single course sessions to whole programs and universities. The authors demonstrate how designing across disciplines is done, with disruptive technologies, ambiguity and challenges as catalysts. Iteratively tested pedagogies, design-driven solutions...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book, slim as it looks, took Bernard Nsokika Fonlon the best part of five laborious years to write 1965-9 inclusive. He writes: "I was penning away as students in France were up in arms against the academic Establishment, and their fury almost toppled...

This updated second edition presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines. These conceptual guidelines consider various criteria concerning presumptions as to the quality of a good education system. One of the book central aims is to...

"Doors: Reflections on an HBCU Career" provocatively combines the story of a long teaching career at a "historically black college or university" with relevant and insightful observations on how race affects what is taught, how it is taught, and who teaches. The book reveals...

Radicals, Rhetoric, and the War documents the Kent State antiwar protest at the height of the Vietnam era. Informed by thirty years of oral history interviews, the book details perspectives and voices from students, faculty, and administrators.Author: B. LucasISBN-10: 1403968748ISBN-13: 9781403968746Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Faculty in higher education are disciplinary experts, but they seldom receive formal training in teaching. Higher Education by Design uses the principles of design thinking to bridge this gap through practical examples and step-by-step instructions based on educational theory and best practices in pedagogical...